October 17, 2013
02:00 PM (EDT)

News Release Number: STScI-2013-42

Comet ISON Appears Intact

October 17, 2013: A new image of the sunward plunging Comet ISON taken by NASA's
Hubble Space Telescope on October 9, 2013, suggests that the
comet is intact despite some predictions that the fragile icy
nucleus might disintegrate as the Sun warms it. The comet will
pass closest to the Sun on November 28.